The amazing virtual economy

[Meat Puppet]

he'll get bored soon and go to a new one

[Miriel]

People who buy and sell merchandise and money from Online games are ruining the experience. It sucks when you see someone running around with extremely nice gear and then they ask you, "lolz how do u save teh game?"

Grr.

If you go to a FFXI forum and mention gil buying/selling you'll be beaten with virtual sticks.

[Del Murder]

Well, I paid for my email order bride with bought currency, so it isn't all bad.

[Yamaneko]

I'm just waiting until you're able to buy and sell human cargo in one of these games. Come full circle as a society.

[Hawkeye]

Well, I paid for my email order bride with bought currency, so it isn't all bad.

Ive done that once, with a Russian. Was your email bride Russian?

[Del Murder]

No, she took her time.

[Hawkeye]

Ah. Choosing your nationality is such a turn on for me

[Raistlin]

No, she took her time.

...That was just bad. *winces*

Anyway:

The exchange rate between Norrath's currency and the U.S. dollar is determined in a highly liquid (if illegal) currency market. According to the daily exchange rate published at http://www.gameusd.com ,its value exceeds that of the Japanese yen and the Italian lira. The creation of dollar-valued items in Norrath occurs at a rate such that Norrath's GNP per capita easily exceeds that of dozens of countries, including India and China

Haha

[Yamaneko]

Keep it to Aiyon, Del.

[Raistlin]

Wait, didn't somebody already use that joke at Aiyon? You can't recycle the crappy Aiyon jokes to EoFF.

[Del Murder]

Then what are you doing here?

[Raistlin]

When have I ever lowered myself to stealing an Aiyon joke?

I've stolen a lot of other jokes from a lot of other places, but the gut-wrenching puns stay where they belong.

[eestlinc]

get back on topic, punks

*enforces*

the problem with online gaming is you don't get human contact.